The Woodward Charitable Trust primarily funds charitable organisations in the UK and favours charities which make good use of volunteers and encourage past and current users to participate. The Woodward Charitable Trust focuses on the following areas: ⦁ Children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in antisocial behaviour. ⦁ Prisoners and ex-offenders. Projects that help the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders are supported as well as requests to help prisoners’ families. ⦁ Disadvantaged women, covering refuges, domestic violence and parenting. ⦁ Disability projects, which can include rehabilitation and training for people who are either physically disabled or learning disabled. ⦁ Arts outreach work by local groups involving disadvantaged people. ⦁ Projects that promote integration and community cohesion amongst minority groups, including refugees and travellers. As the Trust’s resources are modest, the trustees prefer to fund small to medium-sized charities with an income of less than £300,000 where small grants can have more impact. The Woodward Charitable Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. The Trusts share a common administration, but are otherwise independent of each other.
